It is sad that one of the Premier League’s modern greats may leave our game this summer with the same lack of fanfare that greeted his arrival almost 10 years ago.
When David Silva pitched up at Manchester City in late summer 2010, he was hungover — ‘still a bit p****d’ — from the party that had followed Spain’s victory in the World Cup final. So nervous was he that he may lose his medal, he still had it in his pocket. Not that he showed it to anyone. He was never that type.